THE BEETLE THAT STILL MANAGES TO TURN HEADS BY PERFOMING ON STAGE Bob Beales has taken something old and is keeping it very new.
For more than 50 years, Bob Beales has owned and rallied a VW Beetle and is proud of the fact that it is probably the oldest car currently active in historic special stage rallying.
Most recently Beales, co-driver Mike Leflay and the Beetle tackled the Roger Albert Clark Rally and came away with a class win (although it was the only G1 starter) on the longest stage rally on the UK calendar.
Hereford-based Beales explains: “The Beetle is 62 years old and is a 1958 car which has now been a competition car for
